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Yajie Niu

Chief Science Officer at Invaio

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Overview 

Yajie Niu is currently the Chief Science Officer at Invaio, where they lead the company's technologies and research efforts to transform agriculture for a sustainable future. With a Ph.D. from Washington State University and experience at Flagship Pioneering and Inari, Yajie has a strong background in research development and innovation within the biotech industry.

Work Experience 

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Invaio

  • Chief Science Officer

    2023 - Current

  • Head of Technologies

    2022 - 2023

  • Head of External Technologies Innovation

    2022 - 2022

  • Head Of Research

    2020 - 2022

Invaio Sciences is a technology company that is dedicated to solving pressing agriculture, nutrition, and environmental challenges.

Raised $138,900,000.00 from K2 HealthVentures.

invaio.com
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Flagship Pioneering

  • Principal

    2021 - 2022

  • Senior Associate

    2019 - 2021

Flagship Pioneering is a venture capital firm that invests in life sciences and healthcare companies.

flagshippioneering.com
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Inari

  • Senior Director of Research Development

    2017 - 2019

    • Developed proprietary CRISPR tools for gene modulation • Developed and implemented high-throughput cell screening platform that enables fast validation and discovery of target leads • Implemented next generation sequencing and data analysis pipeline for efficient molecular readout and phenotyping • Supported technology and products intellectual property development

  • Director Of Research Development

    2017 - 2017

Inari is a biotechnology company that aims to transform agriculture and its impact on society and the environment.

Raised $609,000,000.00 from Flagship Pioneering, Rokos Capital Management, State of Michigan Retirement System, Hanwha Impact Partners, Rivas Capital, NGS Super and CPP Investments.

inari.com

VL40,Inc

  • Senior Scientist

    2016 - 2017

MG

Massachusetts General Hospital

  • Research Fellow

    2009 - 2016

    Employed integrative and novel approaches in molecular biology, functional genomics, chemical genetics, biochemistry and computational biology to: • Design and develop methodologies in calcium imaging, including construction of an ultrasensitive Ca2+ biosensor GCaMP6S and development of a leaf single-cell system for live GCaMP6S-based Ca2+ imaging • Uncover a unique temporal Ca2+ signal in nutrient signaling pathway • Develop and optimize cell-based functional genomic screen to identify different Ca2+ sensor kinases in plant immune, hormone, stress and nutrient signaling pathways • Apply protein engineering and chemical genetics to circumvent embryo lethality and functional redundancy of Ca2+ sensor kinases • Develop and optimize artificial miRNA gene-silencing, RNA-seq, MS phosphoproteomics to link Ca2+ sensor kinases to diverse intracellular effectors

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